GranNini's Frittata

GranNini's Frittata

Ingredients:

2 Tablespoons olive oil

1 onion, diced

1 red pepper, diced

6 mushrooms, diced

1 can diced green chilis (4 ounces)

1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

1/2 teaspoon onion powder

salt and pepper (dash of each)

1 1/2 cups sharp cheddar cheese, grated and divided into two piles

6 eggs, whisked

1/3 cup milk, heavy cream, or half & half (whatever you have on hand works)

** We have several vegetarian family members and friends, and alas, we don't tend to add meat into our egg dishes, but rather serve it on the side.  That said, this frittata is terrifically tasty when you add cubes of ham, or polksa kielbasa, or cooked bacon, or bits of sausage.  When I used to make it with meat, I'd cook the meat first, then the veggies, then mix them all together and add them to the bottom layer of the pie dish before adding in the cheese. **

Recipe:

1. In a large saucepan, heat olive oil.  Add in peppers and onions and cook until soft.
2. Add in the mushrooms, stirring frequently, until mushrooms are also soft.
3. Remove from heat.
4. Add in diced green chilis (no need to drain), salt and pepper.  Stir to mix.
5. Lightly spray a pie plate with cooking spray.  Spread out the veggies onto the bottom of the pie plate evenly.
6. Sprinkle about 2/3 of the cheese over the entire mixture.
7. In a bowl, whisk 6 eggs and the milk (or cream or half & half).
8. Pour the egg mixture directly over the cheesy veggie mixture.
9. Sprinkle the remaining cheese over the top.
10. Bake at 350° for 35 minutes, or until the top is golden brown.

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For those of you who like pictures, here you go!

 Place the veggies on the warmed oil in a saucepan and cook until mostly soft.

They should look roughly like this when they're mostly soft.

 Add in the mushrooms, and cook some more.

 Mmmmmm.

Sprinkle on garlic powder, onion powder, salt and pepper.

These are the green chilis I use.  You can't really ever taste the chilis as chilis inside the egg dish, but they add such a great depth of flavor to the dish that whenever I forget them, I get all sad.  :(

Just plunk them right on in there and stir them in.

Spray your pie plate with cooking spray, and then layer all the veggies right on in there.

Shred some sharp cheddar cheese.  One big handful is plenty.  But there really is no such thing as too much cheese, is there?  Save some aside to sprinkle on the top.

Sprinkle the cheese on top.

Poor in your egg mixture over the whole thing.

Perhaps sprinkle some more cheese on top of that whole mess too.  Plunk it on into the oven.

Eat it up!!  I forgot to take a picture of the pretty frittata before we devoured it.  Sigh.  Alas, here's what it looked like before the last of us were served.

Enjoy!

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